The Quotable Manager
Inspiration for Business and Life
Joel Weiss
Gibb Smith Publisher
From our Purveyor of Books:
You may wonder why I've chosen this book, and others on business and personal ethics, as an offering to our Western browsers. Today, we are searching for guidance to lead us in our personal lives and if we lead teams of people we are looking for guidance there too. The Code of the West and the Cowboy Code offer direction and are more relevant than ever. New titles, such as this one, offer additional leadership instruction. Although not connected to The Code of the West, it feels right to offer these titles to those looking West for answers.
From the Publisher:
A good quote can capture the essence of an idea or teaching and tell it in a few words-concisely and with impact. The Quotable Manager takes simple, meaningful, and easy-to-remember quotes, puts them right at the fingertips of today's busy managers and leaders, and becomes an excellent resource when a thoughtful word is needed.
More than 600 quotes are collected from a diverse pool of leaders and historical figures including Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Julius Caesar, Michael Jordan, John Ruskin, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Confucius, John Wayne, and more. They offer inspiring advice and wisdom on topics such as attitude, leadership, perseverance, patience, trust, fairness, planning, career, failure, and integrity.
Divided into twenty chapters, each begins with an inspiring story or anecdote about a person who has come to exemplify that characteristic.
Sample quotes:
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
---Margaret Thatcher
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
----Helen Keller
Be a good listener, your ears never get you in trouble.
---Frank Tyger
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
---William Arthur Ward
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.
---Art Linkletter
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
---Charles Darwin
When you fall in a river, you're no longer a fisherman; you're a swimmer.
--Gene Hill
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
--Roy L. Smith
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
---Carl W. Buechner
Table Of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
1 Attitude
2 Leadership
3 Perseverance
4 Patience
5 Managing
6 Trust
7 Faith
8 Fairness
9 Planning
10 Career
11 Success
12 Failure
13 Integrity
14 Initiative and Execution
15 Focusing on People
16 Innovation
17 Discipline
18 Communication
19 Effort
20 Change
Index
Softcover. 280 pp. Index.